Question | Answer |
This sweet cold herb is one of the super star toxin resolving medicinals 1.Clears heat to help with sores, especially in the breast, throat and eyes. 2.External wind heat such a sore throat 3.Damp heat causing dysentery | Jin Yin Hua, Flos Lonicerae Japonicae |
As a bitter sister of Jin Yin Hua, which herb is great to dissolve masses, especially swollen throat (nodes, goiter, tonsils?) | Lian Qiao, Fructus Forsythiae |
Pu Gong Ying,Herba Taraxaci Disinhibits damp heat and is used topically for eyes, but it is especially good the disperse welling abscesses and binds for what regions of the body? | Breast and Intestines |
Which herb helps with painful red eyes due to liver heat, resolves toxic abscesses and snake venom? (hint: has four words in its name) | Zi Hua Di Ding, Herba Violae |
Which herb are gallstones of a cow? | Niu Huang, Calculus Bovis |
This herb is great for damp sores, swollen joints, jaundice, and discharging vaginal damp heat. | Bai Xian Pi, Cortex Dictamni |
Holding the record for longest name in the category, which herb is useful for sores, strangury, jaundice, and oncology, especially of the GI tract? | Bai Hua She She Cao, Herba Hedyotis Sue Oldenandia |
Your patient presents with ascites due to their liver cirrhosis, and has just been diagnosed with lung and esophageal cancer, on the way to your office, they were bitten by a snake. What herb will you pull from your magic bag? | Ban Zhi Lian, Herba Scutellariae Barbatae |
Name that herb: 1.Resolves mercury poisoning and syphilis 2. Disinhibits damp: vaginal discharge, eczema | Tu Fu Ling, Rhisoma Smilacis Glabrae |
Your patient comes into the office with a scorching throat and hot pneumonia settled in their lungs, what is a VERY cold herb suited to resolve their throat toxin as well as cool their blood?? | Da Qing Ye, Folium Isatidis |
A patient has been coming into your office to restore her very weak immune system. This week she has a very swollen throat, high fever and a headache. Because of her immunity, and its antiviral properties, you choose which herb? | Ban Lan Gen,Radix Isatidis |
This powdery herb cools the blood, for nosebleed and vomit, clears liver fire that is either invading the lung or leading to convulsions, and clears heat from the lung. | Qing Dai, Indigo Naturalis |
What extremely bitter herb would you choose if your patient has a sore throat and constipation...and pulmonary welling abscess, and damp heat? | Chuan Xin Lian, Herba Andrographitis Paniculatae |
This herb is an excellent choice for expelling pus and lung heat, some say it has a fishy smell. | Yu Xing Cao, Herba Houttuyniae |
SHE only goes to the lung, her functions are to disinhibit the throat and dispel exuberant phlegm. | She Gan, Belamcanda Rhizome |
This is one of the super star herbs for the throat, it is very bitter and slightly toxic...some people (me :) thinks it smells a bit like smoked jerky. | Shan Dou Gen, Radix Sophorae Tonkinensis |
This puffy looking herb is great for the throat, voice, cough and to stanch bleeding for vomiting of blood or nosebleed. | Ma Bo, Lasiosphaera Seu Calvatia |
This sour slippery herb is helpful for dysentery. Because it can cause the uterus to contract, its is contraindicated in pregnancy. | Ma Chi Xian, Herba Portulacae |
This fun herb has little tufts of hair, its uses span from dysentery, malaria, genital issues, stanch bleeding and disperse hemorrhoids. | Bai Tou Weng, Radix Pulsatilla |
THE maleria herb (also treats warts, cancer and blood dysentary) | Ya Dan Zi, Fructus Bruceae |
This pinwheel designed herb helps with intestinal ulcers, knocks and falls and arthritis. | Da Xue Teng, Caulis Sargentodoxae |
Post-op pain, blood stagnation and abscesses | Bai Jiang Cao, Herba Patriniae |
What cute little green beans are good as a cleansing tea to disperse summer heat, eliminate sores and resolve poisoning by ba dou and pesticides? | Lu Dou, Semen Phaseoli Radiati |
This pretty flower relieves toxicity for furuncles, sore throat, red eyes and itching. | Ye Ju Hua, Flos Chrysanthemi Indici |
This herb expels wind, invigorates the channels and benefits the breasts...it is also in the category of wind damp heat dispelling medicinals. | Si Gua Luo, Fasciculus Vascularis Luffae |
Sour, bitter and neutral, which herb is especially good to treat diphtheria (it also clears other toxins and invigorates the blood) | Tu Niu Xi, Radix Achyranthis Terrena |
A key herb for breasts: Lactation and red painful swollen breasts | Lou Lu, Radix Rhapontici |